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The Girl on the Bridge

1999 · 90 min

A black-and-white dream of chance and melancholy, gliding between danger and tenderness with a quiet, offbeat charm.

Overview
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • love
  • isolation
  • survival
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • sea
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Patrice Leconte
Written by
Serge Frydman
Starring
Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Demetre Georgalas, Catherine Lascault, Frédéric Pfluger, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Mireille Mossé, Didier Lemoine
Cinematography
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Runtime
90 min
Country
France, Turkey, Greece
Languages
French, Greek, Italian, Turkish

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